Effectiveness of "Enhanced Units": A Report of a Randomized Experiment in California and Virginia. Research Report

Autor/inn/en	Jaciw, Andrew P.; Zacamy, Jenna; D'Apice, Hannah; Lin, Li; Kwong, Connie; Schellinger, Adam M.
Institution	Empirical Education Inc.
Titel	Effectiveness of "Enhanced Units": A Report of a Randomized Experiment in California and Virginia. Research Report
Quelle	(2019), (100 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Educational Innovation; Adolescents; Students with Disabilities; Underachievement; Teaching Methods; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; History Instruction; Biology; Science Instruction; High School Students; Program Implementation; Fidelity; Program Effectiveness; Design; Knowledge Level; Conventional Instruction; Special Education; California; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Performance deficiency; Leistungsschwäche; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Wissensbasis; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Kalifornien
Abstract	Empirical Education Inc. is the independent evaluator of SRI International's 2014 Investing in Innovation (i3) Development grant called Redesigning Secondary Courses to Improve Academic Outcomes for Adolescents with Disabilities and Other Underperforming Adolescents. The goal of the grant is to develop "Enhanced Units" that combine research-based content enhancement routines, collaboration strategy, and technology components for secondary U.S. History and biology classes. This report presents findings of a randomized control trial (RCT) during the 2017-18 school year. The RCT measured the impact of "Enhanced Units" on higher order content skills (as measured through unit tests) in high school biology and U.S. History classes in three districts in Virginia and California. SRI, the Center for Applied Special Education Technology (CAST), and their research and practitioner partners developed "Enhanced Units" (EU) with the goal of integrating research-based content enhancement routines with technological enhancements to improve student content learning and higher order reasoning, especially for students with disabilities or other learning challenges. This study also documents the extent to which the core components of EU were implemented with fidelity. The authors provide descriptive results on classroom practices (as measured by teacher surveys) and contextual factors that support or hinder implementation (as described during teacher interviews). Future improvements to EU should focus on answering the question: "What is/are the best way(s) for teachers to present SIM routines to their students, particularly for students with learning challenges through SIM intervention?" (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01